Akira - (Ultimate Collection) > Reviews > MINDBLOWING

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Outstanding
Soundtrack	Outstanding

Advantages:	It's perfect
Disadvantages:	nothing

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This film is one of the most improtant animes ever. The film is sheer brilliance, even if you hate manga films, this will blow you away.
The year is 2019, neo tokyo. now usually I would want to explain a films plot, but in this case, I wont. I do not want to spoil such genius. Let me just say it is a fantatsicly realised plot, which is not only exciting, but will make you think about issues raised in the film (such as experimention, messing with nature etc).
It's obvious to see why this is regarded as the best manga film, it has the makings of a great film, fantastic plot, stunning animation, great effects, amamzing sound track, in fact, this is the only flawless film I have ever seen.
Through out the film, the quality of the animation is jaw dropping, it is fantasticly smooth, and if your used to things like scooby doo :) and other such uk animated things, the quality of akira will blow you away. The characters and backgrounds are fantastically drawn capturing the feel of the comic book amazingly. The film is also blessed with a fantastic soundtrack that reflects the feeling of the film very well, with drum beats, and harmonous voices. Beautiful. The only negative is the slightly pants voice overs, I'm sure the voice of canadea is one of the voice actors from the teenage mutant hero (we dont get ninja turtles in the uk!!!) turtles cartoon series!!!!! They are not to bad, but I would say that it's worth trying to get a subtitled version instead, just to hear the real voices. Oh and once again, this is a film worth hearing through your stereo, tv speakers can never convey the sound too well. Also if there is a dvd version get that, akira looks good on vhs, but would be FAR better suited for a dvd release.

Overall a fantastcially realised cyber punk action film, and an essential purchase for everyone.

genre-----action, manga
age-----bbfc 15
lengh-----124 minutes
violent-----very, some nice exploding people bits
sex-----you see a womans breast for OHHHHHHH around 2 seconds (no i didnt time it ) :)
price------anime films cost more, so expect to pay £15 or so
errrrrr anything eles?--------nahhhhhh